4-Methylmorpholine → [2-({1-[3,4-Difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-phenyl]-methanoyl}-aminooxy)-ethyl]-methyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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A solution of 3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzoic acid (3.11 g, 7.91 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) was cooled with a −40° C. bath and treated with N-methylmorpholine (0.87 mL, 7.9 mmol). Diphenylphosphinic chloride (2.00 mL, 10.5 mmol) was added dropwise over 5 min and the reaction mixture was stirred for 90 min, during which time the temperature of the cooling bath slowly warmed to 0° C. The reaction mixture was again cooled to −40° C. and (2-aminooxy-ethyl)-methyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (2.00 g, 10.5 mmol) was added as a solution in tetrahydrofuran (6 mL). After an additional 10 min, N-methylmorpholine (1.33 mL, 12.1 mmol) was added. The temperature of the cooling bath was allowed to warm to ambient temperature over 4 h and the reaction mixture was further stirred overnight. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate (40 mL) and washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (2×10 mL). The organics were dried over magnesium sulfate, concentrated and purified by silica gel chromatography. Elution with 35% ethyl acetate-hexanes afforded [2-({1-[3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-phenyl]-methanoyl}-aminooxy)-ethyl]-methyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (3.28 g, 73% yield) as an off-white foam: 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 11.84 and 11.75 (br s, 1H total), 8.66 (br s, 1H), 7.54 (dd, J=10.9, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (br t, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.33 (br d, J=8.8 Hz), 7.20 (m, 1H), 6.64 (m, 1H), 3.85 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 2H), 3.34 (br s, 2H), 2.81 and 2.79 (br s, 3H total), 1.34 and 1.32 (s, 9H total); 19F NMR (376 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ −128.0 (d, J=32.9 Hz), −133.0, −144.2 (d, J=17.7 Hz); MS (APCI−)=564.1.

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